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With the decline in economic activities across all sectors, the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN has revealed that no fewer than 20 shipping companies, had shut operations in Nigeria due to unfavourable government’s policies, leading to the retrenchment of over 3000 workers in the last one year. President-General of the union, Mr. Anthony Emmanuel Nted, among other things, lamented that the jobs of over 2000 workers were also on the line and called on President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene to save the sector from imminent collapse. Nted who declined…

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The Nigerian military in a statement said that, following a major air onslaught on major remaining camps of Boko Haram terrorists in Sambisa forest, some of the groups’ commanders have been killed. It claimed that leader of a faction of the terrorists group who recently claimed possession of the Chibok Girls, Abubakar Shekau, was seriously injured in the airforce bombardment. Over a hundred terrorists who were said to be regrouping and planning further attacks were killed in the air raid. The statement reads, “In what one could describe as the…

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Like the Holy book says “end time is near”, and that false prophets will continue come into the church. Indeed, the activities of some suspects arrested at the Holy Ghost Park, Ogui Enugu, while on an mission to defraud church goers, has again proved this point that fake prophets abound. The five suspects, gave their names as Obi Ejike from Ubaho Okija in Ihiala, Anambra State; Kuku Mary from Ijebu Ode, Ogun State; Oluwakemi Joy from Ojo, Lagos State; Nwosu Chizoba from Umunze, Anambra State; and Peter Uchechi from Ebonyi…

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South African pastor Paseka motsoeneng a.k.a Mboro, who has been trailed with series of controversies -has acquired a brand new BMW i8. The multi-millionaire who once ordered his female members to bring their panties for anointing to protect them against evil spirit -is popularly known over his claims about miracles he can perform. The founder of the Incredible Happenings Church, Pastor Mboro, was recently in the news after he reportedly claimed to have gone to heaven and had taken selfies to prove it. Share on: WhatsApp

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For solving 17 Maths questions in one minute, a pupil of Scholars Universal Secondary School, Ota, Ogun State, Oluwatunmise Idowu, has set a new record in the annual Cowbellpedia Mathematics Television quiz. Idowu, 13, set the new record when she slugged it out in the Group B stage of the on-going competition with Ayomide Nafisat Abdulwaheed, a JSS 3 pupil of Reality High School, Osogbo, Osun State; Olajide Osoba of Atlantic Hall, Epe, Lagos State; Edidiong Okon of Topfaith International Secondary School, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State; Charles Adesoba of Petoa…

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The Lagos State Government on Friday shut 12 houses in Abeokuta and Ibadan Streets in Ilasamaja area of the State over discovery of shallow oil wells built by landlords to illegally scoop diesel from pipeline belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). The oil wells were said to have been built for the purpose of illegally scooping diesel and selling same to members of the public, while some of the affected landlords built pumping machine and bore hole to perpetrate the crime on a large scale. The State’s Commissioner…

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A new militant group, Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate, which threatened to blow up oil installations in the upland of the Niger Delta region, on Wednesday, made good its threat. The group reportedly blew up a major trunk line operated by the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company in Isoko, which feeds Eriemu Manifold. NDGJM claimed responsibility for the attack saying it was part of the group’s demolition of oil facilities tagged ‘Operation Zero.’ Share on: WhatsApp

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Professor Ishaq Oloyede has formally resumed as the registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Monday, August 8. The former Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin took over from Professor Dibu Ojerinde following the mass sack of 17 education agencies by President Muhammadu Buhari. The Punch reports that Oloyede arrived at JAMB headquarters which is located in Bwari area council of Abuja around 8 am and was warmly received by the outgoing JAMB registrar. Prior to the new JAMB registrar’s arrival, it was reported that staff…

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The Chairman, Kwara State Local Government Pensioners Association, Mr. lsiaka Akanbi, on Saturday, said no fewer than 1,005 of its members had died since April 2015, as a result of unpaid pension allowances. Akanbi, in an interview with our correspondent in Ilorin, the state capital, said the victims, who cut across the 16 local government councils of the state, died as a result of their inability to get adequate healthcare attention. Stakeholders in the state, while decrying the death of the pensioners, described the trend as sad and unacceptable. Among…

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